abhor
verb (used with object)
to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.
had abhorred
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past perfectof abhor.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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His father had abhorred waste of any kind, to the point where he complained to Ashima if a kettle had been filled with too much water.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Throughout the North, people who had abhorred him came first to wonder at him and then to praise him.
From Stephen Arnold Douglas by William Garrott Brown
The people had abhorred Gregory, had adored Pius, upon whom they looked as a saviour, as a liberator; finding themselves deceived, a mourning-veil had overshadowed their love.
From At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe by Arthur B. Fuller
She had abhorred the old woman, even as she pitied and sheltered her.
From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by David Graham Phillips
She had abhorred his name; face to face with him, she found she feared only his deeds.
From Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
